06/09/2026
Been not posting much lately. Partly, because spending time as a family and a busy weekend.
Also, trying to sort pullets and hens, but too hot to do it during the hottest part of the day, plus with 2 kids, it takes 2x as long to sort with “Mama, look at this kitten” every few minutes 🥰 and fussing because the other one wants to get out of the stroller . 😂
So have been trying to wake up earlier, but it takes time for the body to adjust to a new wake up time.
I have some eggs in the incubator, but took a little bit of a break from big hatches, until I can get grow out pens and brooders cleaned out, some of the existing pullet orders filled.
Plus, the last big hatch, I had unexpected issues which resulted in losses including the last batch of Silver Ameraucanas , Bielefelders and others from Mountain to Meadow Chicks. 😭 That really disappointed me since I had a “good” hatch for shipped eggs and then due to a “perfect storm”, lost the chicks plus a lot of mine. So we have to do some revamping of the “Hatch House”, since now it’s getting too hot and affecting the air quality negatively. 😩
Nevertheless, we keep going, even if it’ll set back our breeding plans and loss of a substantial chunk of $ and losses from our own chicks we hatched for orders and ourselves . Unfortunately, now it’s too hot to get more shipped hatching eggs. 😢 Some people ship year round, but I don’t really want to take the chance of “cooked” eggs in the mail, before they even get here!
